Basketball champion, activist and best-selling author, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (center) is joined by Henry Louis Gates Jr. (left), professor and director of the Hutchins Center at Harvard University, and Harvard basketball coach Tommy Amaker, after his interview with Gates regarding the social and political issues facing America. Abdul-Jabbar was also promoting his latest book, “Writings on the Wall: Searching for a New Equality Beyond Black and White.”